Corporal Chauncy T. McClarren is a Vietnam Veteran. His ten years of service as a marine are glibly worn on the sleeve of his dress uniform well into civilian life. He went to Vietnam before the draft began with the hope of being a martyr. He is reluctant to admit this to his friend and even to himself. Elizabeth A Spaarkes randomly selects Chauncys door. She fleas to Florida after two years in the Symbionese Liberation Army. She is the perfect woman. She is a redheaded goddess. Lizzy is a...

Poems from Captain Saltys uses metaphors, rhyme schemes, and word-play to mask a deeper meaning. A few are overt, and comment on issues the world needs to or has made great strides to amend. Allegories, parodies, and miscalculated tapestries imbue Saltys pages with realism. Its poems are rarely fantastical and tend to comment on legends or crumbles from the mythical properties of history. My narrative poetry comes to light in this book. I frequently depart from the metrical and lyrical sou...

Finding meand Them: Stories of Assimilation is a collection of ten stories. They are autobiographical. They are nonfiction. They are fiction based on fact. Each story tells the authors life as an individual with or (fictional) without a disability. All of them find the author. They show different phases and challenges in his life, from rehabilitating from a head injury at age five to learning the logistics of an after-life. In ways that co-mingle genres, the stories in my book are related....

In French the word for my is pronounced mon. When Monkeys feel Rhythms taps chosen veins of humanity. The poems examine how relating to aspects of life has affected us, and how the topics Ive chosen to write about continue to confound us in spite of their power to enlighten us. For better or worse, some poems look for how far weve come from times when vines swung as means of transportation. These sixty poems share a common ancestral link. They chain together the primate mentality that foll...

Poems from Captain Salty's uses metaphors, rhyme schemes, and word-play to mask a deeper meaning. A few are overt, and comment on issues the world needs to or has made great strides to amend. Allegories, parodies, and miscalculated tapestries imbue Salty's pages with realism. Its poems are rarely fantastical and tend to comment on legends or crumbles from the mythical properties of history.My narrative poetry comes to light in this book. I frequently depart from the metrical and lyr...

In France the word for my is often pronounced "mon." When Monkeys feel Rhythms taps chosen veins of humanity. The poems examine how relating to aspects of life has affected us, and how the topics I've chosen to write about continue to confound us in spite of their power to enlighten us. For better or worse, some poems look for how far we've come from times when vines swung as means of transportation. These sixty poems share a common ancestral link. They chain together the primate mentality...

Scenes the Writer Shows {forty-one places a poem can go} is a collection of poems from my travels and experiences. They detail situations and moments in life—mine or someone else's—that were either positive or negative. A few poems deal with teenage angst and issues of learning to live with how a world that sees a disability. "The Hustler" loosely mirrors my life as a disabled person in a Downtown Minneapolis. In this poem, and "Salvation for Burns," I illustrate riding public transit and ...

Of Twienfyd Whales is a story of self-discovery, where the supernatural and the secular intertwine. Guided by a mysterious being, Hannah navigates the space between the Methodist teachings of her youth and the ethical complexities of adulthood. Betrayed by a conservative father insecure in his patriarchal role and manipulated by a prescient younger sister, Hannah is sent to the enigmatic Welsh island of Anglesey. Under the guise of preparing her for womanhood, she is removed from the weigh...